Givebutter vs GoFundMe
Compare Givebutter's pricing, services, and support to GoFundMe. Both can help you raise money online, but which one is right for you?
See for yourself why Givebutter is a better way to give
🧈 Our take: Both platforms let you fundraise for free, but Givebutter offers more fundraising features and greater engagement opportunities across donation forms, fundraising pages, and events.
Givebutter
GoFundMe
A+
A+

Givebutter is an end-to-end fundraising platform where organizations of all sizes can raise funds, host events and auctions, track donor data, and send messages to donors in one place.
GoFundMe is a popular crowdfunding platform for individuals looking to raise money online, but it lacks the engagement tools many organizations are looking for.
Givebutter is free thanks to optional donor tips.
The fee charged by our secure payment processors is 2.9% + 30¢ except ACH, which offers a reduced rate of 1.9% + 30¢ per transaction. Donors can choose to cover these fees (which 95% do!).
If you'd prefer to disable tips, a platform fee applies instead:
→ 1% for Donation Forms
→ 3% for Fundraising Pages
→ 5% for Events & Auctions
GoFundMe does not charge a platform fee, but it does ask for tips from donors.
GoFundMe’s payment processing fee is 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction, which is automatically deducted from every donation.
GoFundMe users do not have the option to disable donor tips, and donors do not have the option to cover payment processing fees.
💳 Major credit/debit cards
🚀 Donor-advised funds
📱 Google Pay & Apple Pay
⚡️ Venmo
🤝 PayPal
💫 ACH
💵 Checks & cash
💳 Major credit/debit cards
📱 Google Pay & Apple Pay
🤝 PayPal
💫 ACH
💵 Checks & cash
💬 Chat
🕊️ Always free
💛 Always human
💬 Chat
🕊️ Always free
✅ Fundraising pages, donation forms, events, and auctions
✅ Individual, team, multi-team, and peer-to-peer fundraising
✅ Donation management, ticket tracking, and full CRM
✅ Direct deposit via bank account or debit card
✅ Donor messages, images, GIFs, drawings, likes, and comments on public donations and campaign updates in live supporter feed
✅ Mobile app
✅ 100+ more fundraising features
✅ Fundraising pages
✅ Individual and team fundraising
✅ Donation management
✅ Direct deposit via bank account
✅ Donors messages on public donations
✅ Mobile app
Methodology
Givebutter’s editorial staff aims to bring you the most transparent and objective comparisons possible. We sourced these comparison metrics directly from sites like G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, BBB, InHerSight, Comparably, Glassdoor, and more. Score data gathered on October 6 2022.
Meet your end-to-end fundraising solution
We bring together everything you need to successfully raise funds, track progress, and engage your supporters. Completely free.
Givebutter leads the pack in user satisfaction
Givebutter is ranked as the #1 software for fundraising, donor management, and auctions on G2, the largest independent software review site.



We quite literally raised over 10 times as much money on Givebutter compared to last year’s event using GoFundMe. I can’t say enough how awesome this platform is for fundraising, and also how much fun we had using it.

David Wong
President
CMU Greek Week
Raise more and pay less
Get access to hundreds of fundraising tools and see for yourself why millions of changemakers use Givebutter to propel their missions forward. It’s completely free and takes less than 5 minutes to get started.
There’s no shame in shopping around.
If Givebutter wasn’t your first choice, you can switch from any platform in four quick steps.